I wonder when the corporations that own the rights to these characters are going to crack down on these costumed idiots parading around Times Square and taking pictures with tourists for $5. It has to drive Disney nuts that there are five Mickeys out there at any given moment. It also has to drive them nuts when you see them take off their masks in full view of everyone. Put your head back on. That can be very traumatic for the kids.

JerseyTim:I wonder when the corporations that own the rights to these characters are going to crack down on these costumed idiots parading around Times Square and taking pictures with tourists for $5. It has to drive Disney nuts that there are five Mickeys out there at any given moment. It also has to drive them nuts when you see them take off their masks in full view of everyone. Put your head back on. That can be very traumatic for the kids.

Yeah because kids aren't smart enough to recognize a guy in a suit and think that these are actual cartoon characters who are removing their heads. If your kid is likely to be traumatized by this he will probably be too busy counting to potato to even notice.

JerseyTim:I wonder when the corporations that own the rights to these characters are going to crack down on these costumed idiots parading around Times Square and taking pictures with tourists for $5. It has to drive Disney nuts that there are five Mickeys out there at any given moment. It also has to drive them nuts when you see them take off their masks in full view of everyone. Put your head back on. That can be very traumatic for the kids.

Yeah, I don't know when Times Square became the place for nobodies to convince tourists they were somebodies, but the place has become completely overridden with them the last year or two. Although I did kind of like the hot chicks in red and blue slutty cheerleader uniforms that said "New York" on them. (Never mind that the Giants don't have cheerleaders.)

Ugh those costumed characters in Times Square are the worst...so nasty looking and rude.

I was just up there the other month and two of them, Elmo & Cookie Monster, really creeped me out. The Elmo looked like he had a broken neck and spoke with a thick Indian accent. The Cookie Monster had a thick Russian accent and kept saying, "Hey there baby, how about a picture. No? Come on..." And parents were letting these creeps hold their kids for pictures!!

Oh, there was also a very down on her luck Smurfette and Sassette Smurf...both of whom looked like they would do horrible, nasty things for money.

Egoy3k:JerseyTim: I wonder when the corporations that own the rights to these characters are going to crack down on these costumed idiots parading around Times Square and taking pictures with tourists for $5. It has to drive Disney nuts that there are five Mickeys out there at any given moment. It also has to drive them nuts when you see them take off their masks in full view of everyone. Put your head back on. That can be very traumatic for the kids.

Yeah because kids aren't smart enough to recognize a guy in a suit and think that these are actual cartoon characters who are removing their heads. If your kid is likely to be traumatized by this he will probably be too busy counting to potato to even notice.

Have you ever met a 3-year-old kid? They still believe it's completely logical for a morbidly obese man to go around the world on a flying sleigh with a sack full of infinite toys in one night. So, yeah. Any *normal* kid is probably going to think these guys are the real deal.

I was just talking to a friend about how the knock-off characters in Times Square are basically a ticking PR time bomb (or bob-omb, as the case may be.)

I'm just glad it wasn't the creepy Elmo who insists you stuff money in his red, furry sack. Sesame Street's already taken enough of an image hit this year.

Super Chronic:JerseyTim: I wonder when the corporations that own the rights to these characters are going to crack down on these costumed idiots parading around Times Square and taking pictures with tourists for $5. It has to drive Disney nuts that there are five Mickeys out there at any given moment. It also has to drive them nuts when you see them take off their masks in full view of everyone. Put your head back on. That can be very traumatic for the kids.

Yeah, I don't know when Times Square became the place for nobodies to convince tourists they were somebodies, but the place has become completely overridden with them the last year or two. Although I did kind of like the hot chicks in red and blue slutty cheerleader uniforms that said "New York" on them. (Never mind that the Giants don't have cheerleaders.)

The worst is the old hag "Naked Cowgirl" who is out there every now and then. It's like that scene in The Shining with the bath tub. *shudder*

Egoy3k:Yeah because kids aren't smart enough to recognize a guy in a suit and think that these are actual cartoon characters who are removing their heads. If your kid is likely to be traumatized by this he will probably be too busy counting to potato to even notice.

Egoy3k:JerseyTim: I wonder when the corporations that own the rights to these characters are going to crack down on these costumed idiots parading around Times Square and taking pictures with tourists for $5. It has to drive Disney nuts that there are five Mickeys out there at any given moment. It also has to drive them nuts when you see them take off their masks in full view of everyone. Put your head back on. That can be very traumatic for the kids.

Yeah because kids aren't smart enough to recognize a guy in a suit and think that these are actual cartoon characters who are removing their heads. If your kid is likely to be traumatized by this he will probably be too busy counting to potato to even notice.

Right, it's just the kids that fall out of parents like that who would be "traumatized". Ostensibly, the parents are also Morans.

xsarien:Egoy3k: JerseyTim: I wonder when the corporations that own the rights to these characters are going to crack down on these costumed idiots parading around Times Square and taking pictures with tourists for $5. It has to drive Disney nuts that there are five Mickeys out there at any given moment. It also has to drive them nuts when you see them take off their masks in full view of everyone. Put your head back on. That can be very traumatic for the kids.

Yeah because kids aren't smart enough to recognize a guy in a suit and think that these are actual cartoon characters who are removing their heads. If your kid is likely to be traumatized by this he will probably be too busy counting to potato to even notice.

Have you ever met a 3-year-old kid? They still believe it's completely logical for a morbidly obese man to go around the world on a flying sleigh with a sack full of infinite toys in one night. So, yeah. Any *normal* kid is probably going to think these guys are the real deal.

I was just talking to a friend about how the knock-off characters in Times Square are basically a ticking PR time bomb (or bob-omb, as the case may be.)

I'm just glad it wasn't the creepy Elmo who insists you stuff money in his red, furry sack. Sesame Street's already taken enough of an image hit this year.

Talula Does the Hula From Hawaii:xsarien: Egoy3k: JerseyTim: I wonder when the corporations that own the rights to these characters are going to crack down on these costumed idiots parading around Times Square and taking pictures with tourists for $5. It has to drive Disney nuts that there are five Mickeys out there at any given moment. It also has to drive them nuts when you see them take off their masks in full view of everyone. Put your head back on. That can be very traumatic for the kids.

Yeah because kids aren't smart enough to recognize a guy in a suit and think that these are actual cartoon characters who are removing their heads. If your kid is likely to be traumatized by this he will probably be too busy counting to potato to even notice.

Have you ever met a 3-year-old kid? They still believe it's completely logical for a morbidly obese man to go around the world on a flying sleigh with a sack full of infinite toys in one night. So, yeah. Any *normal* kid is probably going to think these guys are the real deal.

I was just talking to a friend about how the knock-off characters in Times Square are basically a ticking PR time bomb (or bob-omb, as the case may be.)

I'm just glad it wasn't the creepy Elmo who insists you stuff money in his red, furry sack. Sesame Street's already taken enough of an image hit this year.

I was just up there the other month and two of them, Elmo & Cookie Monster, really creeped me out. The Elmo looked like he had a broken neck and spoke with a thick Indian accent. The Cookie Monster had a thick Russian accent and kept saying, "Hey there baby, how about a picture. No? Come on..." And parents were letting these creeps hold their kids for pictures!!

Oh, there was also a very down on her luck Smurfette and Sassette Smurf...both of whom looked like they would do horrible, nasty things for money.

How can they not have realized how much money they could make by offering their services to a select clientele?

I was just up there the other month and two of them, Elmo & Cookie Monster, really creeped me out. The Elmo looked like he had a broken neck and spoke with a thick Indian accent. The Cookie Monster had a thick Russian accent and kept saying, "Hey there baby, how about a picture. No? Come on..." And parents were letting these creeps hold their kids for pictures!!

Oh, there was also a very down on her luck Smurfette and Sassette Smurf...both of whom looked like they would do horrible, nasty things for money.

They're like squirrels. They're vermin, and they'd have gone away by now if the out-of-towners didn't keep feeding them.